We are wondering on Meta[1] what criteria the Commons search function uses to
establish the order of search results displayed.
To give some examples, searching for pearl necklace in Commons shows a woman
with sperm on her neck as the first image result:
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:22:37 +0100 (BST)
From: Andreas Kolbe jayen...@yahoo.com
Subject: [Commons-l] Commons search function vs. Google
To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org
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On 11 October 2011 16:53, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't know how Google does it, but I'd bet that our search prioritises by
word order in the description. So a description that starts Pearl Necklace
comes before A white pearl necklace. If you amend the
Hi Andreas,
Op 11-10-2011 17:22, Andreas Kolbe schreef:
Why is our listing so different from the one in Google, and why are
sexual images so much higher up in our listing of search results?
My assumption is that the popularity (either incoming links or number of
clicks) might be taken into
Maarten,
That sounds like the most plausible answer to me to date. We know that sexual
images are among the most popular in Commons.
Some similar searches:
Underwater:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearchsearch=underwaterfulltext=Search
(The bondage image is not
